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Welcome to Kahale & Martin Racing!!
Thought this may be of interest to show the cars in order of build.
The car at the top, Mr. Crowley is the very first hard body car I ever built and dates from around 1984 if I
remember correctly. I no longer have it and neither does anyone else. I fell in waste during a move of
residence when my baby girl tripped over a box crushing it. I was quite the photo bug back then and the
snap was taken outside on a wet plate mirror with a Pentax K1000 and Nikkor 25mm lens using Kodak
KODACHROME 64 Slide Film . In it's day it was quite the little bracket car powered by a Mura BB X-12. By
todays standards it was a stone slug and not much more use than a paper weight but it did photo well.
Roof caved in, I did bring it out of the box for a last pass about 18 months ago and managed to finish the
destruction in a hard roll over. It use to run 1.4's at about 30 mph on a 14.3 volt track in El Paso, Texas.
VERY heavy at 165 grams due to the heavy brass road race chassis it set on and untrimmed inner body
plus model front wheels. This is the one and only car I ever built were the "look" was of prime importance.
The most interesting feature of this car was that it employed a full adjustable wheelie bar made from
model aircraft parts. No soldering just a twist of a clevis adjustment.
I would love to find this model again and replicate it just for the look if
nothing else. IF anyone has this kit unbuilt and unopened that wishes to
part with it, please, E-mail me
Second in line, 72 Nova. This is the first car I've bought. Heavy rework of the chassis and a few body
alterations were needed to the Pro Slot Sportsman 20 motor to hook up. First outings look decent in the
low 6's and a bit over 40 mph. Just a bracket beater and not a serious project car.
Not shown a car I kept the platform for but stored the body and re-skinned it in a Lexan Camaro and a
new 502 motor, my first 16 ever. Lucky me, it ran better than the 20. No snaps of this car and long since
gone salvaged for parts.
The rest of these I've already given histories on so wont repeat them here except to say from where we
started to where we are has been a long and expensive but enjoyable ride.
There were a few other cars, rails mostly and while not all of these cars featured above were 16 powered
they shared similar performance and were instrumental in where the 60/28 program is today.
I think the Nova should quite the idea I can't build a scale racer with taste and decent execution.
In close I would like to thank everyone who visits our site for their support
and interest. Monthly hit count is encouraging and as long as we have
readers and I have ability and interest we will continue to publish.
If you have ideas or topics you would like to cover in
the tech section please feel free to pass them to me at:
martyn@tbc.net and we will see what we can do.
the tech section please feel free to pass them to me at:
martyn@tbc.net and we will see what we can do.
A new and just for fun car is under construction. Another 66/67 Nova to honor
Mr. Crowley. The car that got it all started. Much updated with a new
Revolution 8 chassis and a motor package yet to be chosen. Stand by for
photos and updates as they come.
Mr. Crowley. The car that got it all started. Much updated with a new
Revolution 8 chassis and a motor package yet to be chosen. Stand by for
photos and updates as they come.